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Author Topic: Aston Villa v Man City League Cup Final Pre Match Thread  (Read 156872 times)

Offline andyh

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City League Cup Final Pre Match Thread
« Reply #375 on: February 07, 2020, 06:35:36 PM »
Sterling out with a hamstring for a few weeks hopefully.
Cos that’ll weaken them ! 😉

Offline rougegorge

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City League Cup Final Pre Match Thread
« Reply #376 on: February 07, 2020, 07:10:48 PM »
Sterling out with a hamstring for a few weeks hopefully.
Cos that’ll weaken them ! 😉
And he never even played in that close game we had last month 🙁

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City League Cup Final Pre Match Thread
« Reply #377 on: February 07, 2020, 08:51:31 PM »
Sterling is excellent, he's really come on massively as a player these past couple of seasons. I'd rather he not play. If De Bruyne and Aguero could be out too, happy days.

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City League Cup Final Pre Match Thread
« Reply #378 on: February 07, 2020, 08:53:18 PM »
Yes but in two games so far they have not managed a double figure score and they are susceptible to conceding as we proved in the last minute of the home game. So I am full of confidence for the final. ::)

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City League Cup Final Pre Match Thread
« Reply #379 on: February 07, 2020, 09:11:21 PM »
Three at the back won’t work against city. Playing from the back is also a recipe for disaster. WE have to take the game to city this time not sit back like cowards like we did in the home game.

Mings and Konsa at cb with a midfield of Luiz nakamaba and hourihane.

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City League Cup Final Pre Match Thread
« Reply #380 on: February 07, 2020, 09:22:42 PM »
There’s no way DS will switch back to a flat back 4 for the final...it doesn’t work for our squad and we’d get torn a new one.

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City League Cup Final Pre Match Thread
« Reply #381 on: February 07, 2020, 10:18:49 PM »
If goes to general i wonder if villa fans will try get some in the city end?

Any returned by city should go ro villa fans in my opinion
I'm sure they aren't going to officially sell tickets in the Citeh end  to Aston Villa fans.

Yeah its wishful thinking. Which begs the question why the hell have city been given more tickets than us?

I would guess it goes off average crowd size, and common sense doesn't come into it.

It doesn't go off average crowd. One half gets slightly more than the other, and it's luck of the draw which half you get. It was the same last year when Derby got more tickets than us. We have a bigger average crowd size than they do.

Offline Brassneck

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City League Cup Final Pre Match Thread
« Reply #382 on: February 07, 2020, 11:13:34 PM »
How many more tickets have they been given?

Offline lennythekad

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City League Cup Final Pre Match Thread
« Reply #383 on: February 07, 2020, 11:16:32 PM »
About 500

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City League Cup Final Pre Match Thread
« Reply #384 on: February 07, 2020, 11:27:12 PM »
Last year's final.

Chelsea
We have received an allocation of 32868 tickets for the Carabao Cup Final. Chelsea have been allocated the East side of the Wembley Stadium.

Citeh
The Club has received an allocation of 33,889 tickets located in the West end of Wembley Stadium.

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City League Cup Final Pre Match Thread
« Reply #385 on: February 07, 2020, 11:38:01 PM »
Good.
We are repeat bookers.

Offline Demitri_C

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City League Cup Final Pre Match Thread
« Reply #386 on: February 08, 2020, 09:35:27 AM »
What’s interesting is that city have a lot of games coming up. They have to go Madrid in Cl game few days before the cup final vs us. Then they have fa cup few days later. I think there  will be a lot of rotating from city. Let’s hope for some injuries to them

Offline GarTomas

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City League Cup Final Pre Match Thread
« Reply #387 on: February 08, 2020, 10:42:43 AM »
Three at the back won’t work against city. Playing from the back is also a recipe for disaster. WE have to take the game to city this time not sit back like cowards like we did in the home game.

Mings and Konsa at cb with a midfield of Luiz nakamaba and hourihane.

In a game where we will struggle for possession the answer is Hourihane! What’s the question?

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City League Cup Final Pre Match Thread
« Reply #388 on: February 08, 2020, 11:06:49 AM »
Three at the back won’t work against city. Playing from the back is also a recipe for disaster. WE have to take the game to city this time not sit back like cowards like we did in the home game.

Mings and Konsa at cb with a midfield of Luiz nakamaba and hourihane.

In a game where we will struggle for possession the answer is Hourihane! What’s the question?

"In a game where we could sneak a 12th player onto the pitch that would be so ineffective the opposition wouldn't care, if they even noticed, who would you pick?"

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City League Cup Final Pre Match Thread
« Reply #389 on: February 08, 2020, 11:11:07 AM »
Three at the back won’t work against city. Playing from the back is also a recipe for disaster. WE have to take the game to city this time not sit back like cowards like we did in the home game.

Mings and Konsa at cb with a midfield of Luiz nakamaba and hourihane.

In a game where we will struggle for possession the answer is Hourihane! What’s the question?

"In a game where we could sneak a 12th player onto the pitch that would be so ineffective the opposition wouldn't care, if they even noticed, who would you pick?"

So a standard back four will see us get dicked.   

But three centre backs will also see us get dicked (as per game at VP)

If we go at them, we'll leave gaps and they kill us. If we sit back and Park a bus, they kill us.

Maybe we can play two goalkeepers? Bet no one thought of that!!


 


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